The Gulf Cooperation Council states agreed on the proposal of the State of Kuwait to establish an integrated unified Gulf food security network to achieve the relative food security of the GCC countries by commissioning the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council states to do a study of it.
Kuwaiti Minister of Trade and Industry, Khaled Al-Roudan, during his participation in the second extraordinary meeting through the technology of visual communication between the Ministers of Trade in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf reviewed the efforts made in the GCC countries to address the causes and effects of the emerging Corona pandemic (COVID-19).
The ministers concerned also discussed the economic effects of the emerging coronavirus virus on Gulf countries and discussed food security.
The trade ministers decided to agree on assigning the General Secretariat to prepare a working paper on food security among the GCC states, and to form a working group consisting of liaison officers from the ministries of trade in the GCC countries that meet periodically to monitor developments related to the flow of goods between the GCC countries, and work to solve problems that may hinder the flow of goods in intra-trade.
Al-Roudan pointed out that there are regular coordination meetings between trade ministers to ensure the flow of goods between the Cooperation Council and resolve any obstacles it faces.
The Gulf food development comes amid the economic repercussions that surround the world, which requires a Gulf cooperation that strengthens food security within the system of the countries of the Cooperation Council.
Source (Al-Arabiya.net website, Edited)
